DTM Crimson Bull Ring: Kelvin van der Linde claims pole for Race 2

Kelvin van der Linde bounced again in Sunday’s second qualifying after a retirement on Saturday, claiming his tenth profession DTM pole on the Crimson Bull Ring.

The German-South African set a finest time of 1m27.575s to place his Schubert BMW M4 GT3 on the entrance of the grid.

He benefited from a Stability of Efficiency (BoP) adjustment made within the morning, however his lap time was 0.172s slower than Maro Engel’s lap report from the day past.

The largest sensation, nonetheless, was HRT rookie Finn Wiebelhaus. The 21-year-old Highway to DTM winner from final yr certified second in his Ford Mustang GT3 Evo, simply 0.085 seconds behind the polesitter.

Behind, Native hero Lucas Auer (+0.093s) was one of the best Mercedes-AMG driver, taking third place, with Saturday’s unfortunate drivers Jules Gounon (+0.105s) and Engel (+0.134s) ending up fourth and fifth respectively of their Winward-Mercedes.

The subsequent shock got here in sixth place, with Land rookie Bastian Buus ending up simply +0.137s off pole place. His crew has been utilizing the Porsche 911 GT3 Evo for the primary time this season, having entered an Audi final yr.

Porsche crew Manthey, which secured the opening victory on Saturday because of native hero Thomas Preining, suffered a setback. Preining completed 14th, 0.491 seconds behind, whereas team-mate Ricardo Feller (+0.554) may solely handle sixteenth place. Issues went even worse for Lamborghini, which as soon as once more discovered itself in the back of the sector with the brand new Temerario GT3.

1

3
 
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
10

 
177.502

2

F. Wiebelhaus HRT Ford Efficiency

64
 
Ford Mustang GT3 Evo
8

0.085
177.330

3

22
 
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
10

0.008
177.314

4

48
 
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
8

0.012
177.290

5

80
 
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
9

0.029
177.231

6

B. Buus Land-Motorsport

29
 
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)
8

0.003
177.225

7

7
 
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo
9

0.059
177.106

8

B. Dörr Dörr Motorsport

25
 
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
10

0.029
177.047

9

11
 
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
9

0.134
176.778

10

T. Kalender Mercedes-AMG Staff Landgraf

84
 
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
11

0.014
176.749

11

14
 
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
9

0.062
176.625

12

T. Vermeulen Emil Frey Racing

69
 
Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo
9

0.019
176.587

13

16
 
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
11

0.018
176.551

14

91
 
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)
9

0.013
176.525

15

36
 
Ford Mustang GT3 Evo
8

0.006
176.513

16

90
 
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)
10

0.063
176.386

17

N. Baert Comtoyou Racing

8
 
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo
8

0.209
175.969

18

19
 
Lamborghini Temerario GT3
9

0.040
175.889

19

130
 
Lamborghini Temerario GT3
9

0.466
174.967

20

63
 
Lamborghini Temerario GT3
9

0.178
174.617

21

10
 
Lamborghini Temerario GT3
8

0.063
174.494

 

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